Eating in Lhasa--Barkhor Street

All the restaurants in Barkhor street are well furnished and well equipped for every kind of customer. They have exotic decors which include various traditional paintings, murals implying good luck and happiness. The calm and comfortable environment in the restaurants create a great ambience.

Namaste Restaurant

Namaste restaurant is beautifully decorated in Tibetan style. It is situated facing the Jokhang Temple. The window seats of the restaurant offer a great view of the Barkhor market along with that it presents a wide variety of Tibetan, Chinese, Nepalese, Indian and English cuisines. The owner of restaurant is Mr. Jampa and the staff are also fluent in English language and are helpful too.

Lhasa Kitchen

Lhasa Kitchen is situated in the center of Barkhor Street. This restaurant provides the cuisines of various countries like India, Nepal, China, Italy but most importanly the Tibetan food and other good local snacks. Its interiors are the mixed blend of different countries like India, Nepal, China and Tibet, showing the influence of tourists and cultures.

New Mandala Restaurant

New Mandala Restaurant is a Nepali based restaurant styled in Tibetan way. It offers multi cuisines inspired by different countries so that visitors from different countries can enjoy the food of their desire. This restaurant is at the entrance of Jokhang. It is well equipped with its rooftop restaurant which provides lovely view outside.

Crazy Yak Restaurant

Crazy Yak Restaurant is the largest restaurant in Lhasa. Tibetan furniture and décor give an awesome feel. This eating joint serves chicken and beef and many other dishes which are common, but it is recommended to try its yak meat as the name of the restaurant itself implies its yak specialty. It also offers you to enjoy Tibetan culture as well as dance performances and songs are presented by the Tibetan artists.

Snow-land Restaurant

Snow-land Restaurant is a part of Snowland Hotel situated on Mentsikhang Road. Its menu has gathered various cuisines from different countries like Japan, Nepal, China and western food is also available. Its Nepalese food and pizza are very tasty. It is designed amazingly in Tibetan style. The unique feature of this restaurant is its menu. Keeping in mind about the tourists from different countries and with different food choices, its menu is written in Chinese ,English and Tibetan languages, so that customer can choose and order food accordingly.

Namtso Restaurant

Namtso Restaurant offers plentiful food preparations including burritos, vegetarian lasagna and yak burgers. It serves a classic Lhasa delicacy popularly called the chicken sizzler, which is a must try recipe. It is very comfortable to sit outdoors to have your meals in the sunny sky. It has open restaurant, the fresh air and sometimes the sunny days are enjoyable sitting in outdoors. 

Lamu Tibetan Food

Transformed from the local Tibetan House, Lamu Tibetan Food is well-known for its fancy decoration. The atmosphere here is really good and it’s suitable for a couple of friends to dine together. What’s interesting thing is that you’ll be greeted with holy hada and the lovely Tibetan girls will sing and dance for you during meals.

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